This document discusses the origin and progression of sin through three stages: 1) Lucifer rebelled in heaven by desiring to exalt himself over God and others, leading to his fall. 2) On earth, Satan tempted humanity to sin and accused them before God. His influence was overcome by Jesus' death on the cross. 3) Satan was cast out of heaven, but came to earth with great wrath knowing his time is short. True followers of Christ view Satan as defeated through Jesus' victory on the cross.

1. Why was Sin
Permitted

2. Everyone Else’s Big Question
“Sin originated in self-seeking. Lucifer, the covering
cherub, desired to be first in heaven. He sought to gain
control of heavenly beings, to draw them away from their
Creator, and to win their homage to himself. Therefore he
misrepresented God, attributing to Him the desire for self-
exaltation. With his own evil characteristics he sought to
invest the loving Creator. Thus he deceived angels. Thus
he deceived men.…
—Desire of Ages, 22

3. The Beginning…
“You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your
father you want to do. He was a murderer from the
beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there
is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from
his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.”
—John 8:44

4. The Beginning…

If I don’t believe God will take care of me, that’s a
loss of faith.

If I think I can do a better job of taking care of myself
than God can, that’s pride (and stupidity).

If I try taking care of myself in some way other than
what God asks me to, that’s disobedience.

If my influence convinces someone else that “self-
serving” is better than “service,” that’s lying.

And if I put myself first, instead of loving my neighbor
as myself, that’s stealing, and—under enough
pressure—it will become murder.

5. The Beginning…

Self-renouncing love is the law of life.
—Desire of Ages, 19

The circuit of beneficence is… the law of life.
—Desire of Ages, 21

The great law of life is a law of service.
—Education, 103

To give is to live.
—Desire of Ages, 623

Self-sacrifice is the law of self-preservation.
—Education, 110

6. The Beginning…

Self-renunciation is the great law of self-preservation,
and self-preservation is the law of self-destruction.
—Signs of the Times, July 1, 1897

7. The Setting
“And He said to them, ‘I saw Satan fall like lightning from
heaven.’”
—Luke 10:18

8. Stage One
“And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels
fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels
fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for
them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast
out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who
deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and
his angels were cast out with him.”
—Revelation 12:7–9

9. Stage One
“And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels
fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels
fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for
them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast
out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who
deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and
his angels were cast out with him.”
—Revelation 12:7–9

10. Stage Two
“Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this
world will be cast out.”
—John 12:31

11. Stage Two
“Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this
world will be cast out.”
—John 12:31
“Christ bowed His head and died, but He held fast His
faith and His submission to God. ‘And I heard a loud
voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and
strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of
His Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down,
which accused them before our God day and night.’”
Rev. 12:10.
—Desire of Ages, 761

12. Stage Two
“Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this
world will be cast out.”
—John 12:31
“Christ bowed His head and died, but He held fast His
faith and His submission to God. ‘And I heard a loud
voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and
strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of
His Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down,
which accused them before our God day and night.’”
Rev. 12:10.
—Desire of Ages, 761

13. Stage Two
“Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this
world will be cast out.”
—John 12:31
“After the crucifixion, [Satan] saw that he had over
reached himself.…
“Satan saw that his disguise was torn away, that the
character he had tried to fasten on Christ was fastened
on himself. It was as if he had the second time fallen from
heaven.”
—Manuscript Releases, vol. 12, 411

14. Stage Two
“Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this
world will be cast out.”
—John 12:31
“After the crucifixion, [Satan] saw that he had over
reached himself.…
“Satan saw that his disguise was torn away, that the
character he had tried to fasten on Christ was fastened
on himself. It was as if he had the second time fallen from
heaven.”
—Manuscript Releases, vol. 12, 411

15. Stage Two
“God… looked upon the victim expiring on the cross, and
said, ‘It is finished. The human race shall have another
trial.’ The redemption price was paid, and Satan fell like
lightning from heaven.”
—Youth’s Instructor, June 21, 1900

16. Stage Three
“Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, ‘Now
salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and
the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our
brethren, who accused them before our God day and
night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by
the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony,
and they did not love their lives to the death. Therefore
rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to
the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has
come down to you, having great wrath, because he
knows that he has a short time.’”
—Revelation 12:10–12

17. Stage Three
“Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, ‘Now
salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and
the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our
brethren, who accused them before our God day and
night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by
the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony,
and they did not love their lives to the death. Therefore
rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to
the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has
come down to you, having great wrath, because he
knows that he has a short time.’”
—Revelation 12:10–12

18. Stage Three
“Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, ‘Now
salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and
the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our
brethren, who accused them before our God day and
night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by
the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony,
and they did not love their lives to the death. Therefore
rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to
the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has
come down to you, having great wrath, because he
knows that he has a short time.’”
—Revelation 12:10–12

19. Stage Three
“Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, ‘Now
salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and
the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our
brethren, who accused them before our God day and
night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by
the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony,
and they did not love their lives to the death. Therefore
rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to
the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has
come down to you, having great wrath, because he
knows that he has a short time.’”
—Revelation 12:10–12

20. Stage Three
“Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, ‘Now
salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and
the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our
brethren, who accused them before our God day and
night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by
the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony,
and they did not love their lives to the death. Therefore
rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to
the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has
come down to you, having great wrath, because he
knows that he has a short time.’”
—Revelation 12:10–12

21. Stage Three
“Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, ‘Now
salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and
the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our
brethren, who accused them before our God day and
night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by
the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony,
and they did not love their lives to the death. Therefore
rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to
the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has
come down to you, having great wrath, because he
knows that he has a short time.’”
—Revelation 12:10–12

22. Stage Three
“Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, ‘Now
salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and
the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our
brethren, who accused them before our God day and
night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by
the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony,
and they did not love their lives to the death. Therefore
rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to
the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has
come down to you, having great wrath, because he
knows that he has a short time.’”
—Revelation 12:10–12

23. Stage Three

The “accuser of the brethren” has been cast down

A group of people have beaten the devil, placing their
lives at risk in the process

Because they overcame, everyone in “heaven”
rejoices

But everyone on “earth” or in the “sea” is in trouble
because the devil is running out of time, and he’s
really mad about it

24. Stage Three
“The apostle John in vision heard a loud voice in heaven
exclaiming: ‘Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the
sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great
wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.’
Revelation 12:12. Fearful are the scenes which call forth
this exclamation from the heavenly voice. The wrath of
Satan increases as his time grows short, and his work of
deceit and destruction will reach its culmination in the
time of trouble.”
—Great Controversy, 623

25. Stage Three
“Satan… is an accuser of the brethren, and his accusing
power is employed against those who work
righteousness. The Lord desires through His people to
answer Satan’s charges by showing the results of
obedience to right principles.”
—Christ's Object Lessons, 296

26. Stage Three
“The completeness of Christian character is attained
when the impulse to help and bless others springs
constantly from within. It is the atmosphere of this love
surrounding the soul of the believer that makes him a
savor of life unto life.”
—Acts of the Apostles, 551

27. Stage Four
“Like the apostles, the seventy had received supernatural
endowments as a seal of their mission. When their work
was completed, they returned with joy, saying, ‘Lord,
even the devils are subject unto us through Thy name.’
Jesus answered, ‘I beheld Satan as lightning fall from
heaven.’

28. Stage Four
“The scenes of the past and the future were presented to
the mind of Jesus.

29. Stage Four
“The scenes of the past and the future were presented to
the mind of Jesus. He beheld Lucifer as he was first cast
out from the heavenly places.

30. Stage Four
“The scenes of the past and the future were presented to
the mind of Jesus. He beheld Lucifer as he was first cast
out from the heavenly places. He looked forward to the
scenes of His own agony, when before all the worlds the
character of the deceiver should be unveiled. He heard
the cry, ‘It is finished’ (John 19:30), announcing that the
redemption of the lost race was forever made certain,
that heaven was made eternally secure against the
accusations, the deceptions, the pretensions, that Satan
would instigate.

31. Stage Four
“Beyond the cross of Calvary, with its agony and shame,
Jesus looked forward to the great final day, when the
prince of the power of the air will meet his destruction in
the earth so long marred by his rebellion. Jesus beheld
the work of evil forever ended, and the peace of God
filling heaven and earth.

32. Stage Four
“Henceforward Christ’s followers were to look upon Satan
as a conquered foe. Upon the cross, Jesus was to gain
the victory for them; that victory He desired them to
accept as their own.”

33. Stage Four
“Henceforward Christ’s followers were to look upon Satan
as a conquered foe. Upon the cross, Jesus was to gain
the victory for them; that victory He desired them to
accept as their own.”
—Desire of Ages, 490

34. A Quick Re-cap
1. 6,000 years ago—The Father and the Son understood
Satan’s plans and arguments, and rejected them.
2. 2,000 years ago—Angels and unfallen worlds
understood Satan’s plans and arguments, and rejected
them.
3. Near future (hopefully)—The 144,000 will understand
Satan’s plans and arguments, and will reject them.
4. 1,000 years later—All the wicked will understand
Satan’s plans and arguments, and will reject them.

35.  Re 12:1, 19 A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman
clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and
on her head a crown of twelve stars, 17:The dragon
grew angry with the woman, and went away to make
war with the rest of her seed, who keep God's
commandments and hold Jesus' testimony.
 THE THEME OF END-TIME PROPHECIES
 Daniel 8
 Restoration of the Sanctuary
 To the Hebrew mind the restoration of the kingdom and
the king would be unthinkable without a restored
sanctuary. In the vision of Daniel 8, the prophet was
shown that the sanctuary would be "cleansed"
("restored" R .S .V.) at the end of the 2300 prophetic
days. Shouldn’t we also be concerned why Christ has
not returned!

36.  Daniel 10 to 12
 Restoration of the People
 When you read the first 8 chapters of the book of Daniel, it is so
clear that the first three prophetic outlines deal with the
restoration of the kingdom, the king and the sanctuary, in that
order. But one important aspect of the restoration has not been
dealt with specifically-the restoration of the people from the
dominion of oppressing powers. It is fundamental to know that,
above everything else, God is dealing with His people. The book
of Daniel, like the entire Bible, is the story of the restoration of
God's people. In Daniel's last vision, which was shown him by the
side of the river Hiddekel, he saw the restoration of the people.
At the opening of this last vision, the angel said to Daniel: "Now I
am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people
in the latter days.” Daniel 10:14. At the close of the vision, the
angel described the climax of the drama in these words: "And at
that time shall Michael stand up, the great Prince which standeth
for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of
trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that
same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every
one that shall be found written in the book.” Daniel 12:1.

37.  The restoration of the people of God is the theme
of Daniel's last vision-not Turkey, not Russia, not the
Papacy. What a great mistake to indulge in some
tangent interpretation of political events when God
is spelling out the event of all events in His great
gospel plan: the restoration of His people! Jesus
cannot become King until His sanctuary is
cleansed, for while the sins of God's people are yet
in the sanctuary and are still being transferred into
the sanctuary, Jesus must remain in His high-priestly
attire. He cannot put on His kingly robes until He has
laid off His priestly robes, and this He cannot do
until He has cleansed His sanctuary. So the
restoration of the King depends upon the
restoration of the sanctuary. Daniel 8 may be
illustrated by a circle within the second.

38.  WHAT WAS THE ANCIENT ISRAEL MISSION?

 Exodus 19:5, 6
 Deuteronomy 14:2
 Deuteronomy 26:18
 Leviticus 10:11
 They had to lighten the world through the earthly
sanctuary which in all pointed to Jesus Christ.

39.  WHAT WAS THE ANCIENT ISRAEL MISSION?
 Same mission: to light the world
 Heb 8:1
 Heb 4:14-16 – victory over sin
 Titus 2:11, 12 – Grace
 It is impossible to teach it if we are not experiencing it.
 Exodus 25:22
 From a sanctuary point of view, can be that we are
worshiping at the wrong place and stage on this
salvational issue!
 Psalms 80:1
 Mathew 5:13, 14 How can you light the world when the
light is not shining upon you?
 How are we going to be part of this remnant
 Psalms 119:9-12
 Psalms 1:1-3

40.  WHAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER!
 THE SANCTUARY AND THE 3 ANGLES MESSAGE
 Adventists realize that Jesus entered the Most Holy place
of the heavenly sanctuary at the end of the 2300 days
of Daniel 8:14. That verse actually corresponds to Rev
12:17, the people who understood that time is no more
and Christ return is imminent any time. That was more
than 160 years ago. Why the delay that now extends to
the fourth generation of Adventists? Upon what does the
restoration of the sanctuary depend? It depends upon
the restoration of the people! Just as there can be no
restored kingdom without a restored King, and no
restored King without a restored sanctuary, so there can
be no restored sanctuary apart from a corresponding
restoration in the hearts of the saints. This is because the
condition of the sanctuary is directly related to the
spiritual condition of the saints. They worship and dwell in
the heavenly temple (Revelation 11:1; 13:6), not in their
flesh, but in spirit-in the thoughts of their minds and the
affections of their hearts.

41.  Therefore the sanctuary cannot be cleansed and
restored until every mind which worships and
abides there is restored in the moral character to
the image of God. This relationship between
sanctuary and people was the great lesson of the
Hebrew tabernacle. When the people were
defiled, the sanctuary was defiled at the same
time: (Cf. Leviticus 20:1-3; Ezekiel 5:11; Numbers
19:13, 20) and the final cleansing of the people
coincided with the final cleansing of the sanctuary
on the Day of Atonement: (See Leviticus 16:15-17,
30.) Sin and sinfulness on the part of God's people
keep the sanctuary defiled.

42.  There must be an end of sin in the experience of the
church before Jesus can restore His sanctuary. Looking at
the illustration of the four concentric circles, it should be
perfectly clear that the restoration does not start from
without; it must start from within. Only the restoration of
God's people to a state of absolute freedom from sin will
make the restoration of the sanctuary a possibility. Only
the restoration of the sanctuary will enable Jesus to
become King. And only when He becomes King can the
prayer be answered, "Thy kingdom come." Should it be a
surprise that the enemy of God and man has done
everything possible to blind the minds of God's people to
the truth of Daniel's last prophecy? Yet the truth revealed
in the last vision is the denouement to the whole drama of
restoration! Unless the people of God realize their part in
the cleansing of the sanctuary, no restoration is possible.
Was it not sin in the hearts of Israel that caused the
desolation of their sanctuary, the removal of their king,
and the destruction of their kingdom? This point is obvious.
Then should it not be just as obvious that only a restoration
in the hearts and minds of the saints can enable Jesus to
restore all that was lost through sin!

43.  The great controversy rages on and there is no point
of neutrality
 Gen 30:27
 Ephesians 5:26, 27
 2 Corinthians 3:18
 The remnant are tied so tight around the Seed that all
the features of the Seed are reflected on them. Isn't
that what happens when you wear a tight clothe
ladies? And folks spent their time washing their brains
with soap instead of the word of God.

 And the woman was clothed with the sun, and the
moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of
twelve stars. You tell me if you can find that outfit in
any boutique
 We don’t have to despair Ecclesiastes 12:14.

44. This is HISTORY. The long,
turbulent stream of history has
run its course. For the saints it
ends not in desert sands, but it
flows out into the sea - "the
sea of glass." Fellow pilgrims,
look up! The sky is flushed with
the glory of eternity!